Saving Money with the MJC Air to Air Plate Energy Recovery Unit

When it comes to one’s working environment it is important that it be the best it can possibly be. This is often done through providing the appropriate workspace, the tools needed and most importantly, ensuring that comfort levels meets industry standards. Consequently, the HVAC system that you use needs to meet a variety of standards. The MJC Air to Air Plate Energy Recovery unit is designed to meet and exceed the industry standards, thus guaranteeing that you and those with you work are best able to perform their jobs.

The Benefits of the MJC Air to Air Plate Energy Recovery Unit

Energy Recovery
For comfort, health, and safety, places where people work require adequate ventilation. However, ventilation air is very expensive to condition from an energy standpoint. When outside air for ventilation is brought into a building or a space, all, or most of it, has to be exhausted to prevent pressure build up inside the building. The building owner or tenant has already paid to heat or cool the air that’s being exhausted, so a great deal of money is spent on energy costs. As such, it is vital that business owners or property managers look for ways to save money through energy recovery.

Energy Savings
As we know, ventilation air is very expensive to heat, cool, and dehumidify. Re-circulated air that returns to the unit from the conditioned space is typically 75 F and 50% relative humidity. To cool and dehumidify the air, the air conditioning unit cools it from 75 F down to 55 F and removes moisture at the same time.

Ventilation air brought in from the outside on a hot summer day can be from 92 F to 105 F or higher if the building is located in the desert southwest. It takes a lot more energy to cool air from 92 or 95 F to 55 F and that’s why energy recovery makes so much sense.

Energy recovered by the MJC Air to Air Plate Energy Recovery Unit is used to cool down the incoming air from 95 F to around 81 or 82 F in most applications, which reduces the work the air conditioner has to do, thus saving utility costs. These units work the same way for wintertime heating by recovering heat and moisture from the air being exhausted and adding it to the incoming ventilation air.

Moisture & Comfort
Much of the discomfort we feel indoors, comes from having too much or too little moisture in the air. The MJC Air to Air Plate Energy Recovery unit removes moisture from the incoming air in the summer and adds moisture to the incoming air in the winter; saving energy and making the occupants feel more comfortable.

Lower Maintenance Cost
At the heart of the MJC unit is an air-to-air plate heat exchanger. Unlike “wheel” type units, the air-to-air plate heat exchanger has no bearings, belt, gears, or motor and under normal use can be cleaned with a shop vacuum.

The MJC Air to Air Plate Energy Recovery unit is an important part of keeping your company moving forward. After all, when everyone is comfortable and breathing the cleanest air possible while saving you money and time, you are sure to be a success. If you have questions regarding how the MJC Air to Air Plate Energy Recovery unit can improve your workspace, talk to one of the pros at MJC. We would love to help you!